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Antibiotics are natural products that selectively kill or at least inhibit the growth of microorganisms. This narrow definition has been expanded by popular usage to include synthetically or semisynthetically produced antimicrobial agents, as well as antiviral agents and even antiparasitic agents directed against macroscopic organisms.
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Axelsen, P.H. (2002). Introduction. In: Essentials of Antimicrobial Pharmacology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-122-0_1
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